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About The Chemawa American (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (March 30, 1921)
The CHEMAWA AMERICAN P ublished W eekly a t th e Salem In d ia n T ra in in g School Chemawa, Oregon, H A R W O O D H A L L , S u p e rin te n d e n t A ddress all com m unications to R u th y n T urney, M anager E ntered a t th e Chem aw a, Oregon, Postoffice as Second- Class M ail M a tte r S U B S C R IP T IO N - - - 25C ts P E R A N N U M A CHURCH ORGANIZED L IT E R A R Y S O C IE T IE S N onpareil T he reg u lar m eeting of the N onpareil L ite ra ry S o ciety opened F rid a y evening w ith P resident L oftus in th e chair. Old and new business for the evening was transacted after w hich the follow ing program was rendered: Song by th e m em bers; opening address, P resident L oftus; vocal solo, Ida Brown; recitation, L ydia Davis; d u et, L illian D esm ond and E liza B ernard; local jokes, E rm a L aC lair; q u a rte tte by four m em bers; sto ry > J ° ari of A rc, M arion W asson; comical songs, D o rris M ann. A fter the program the critic gave a r e port and o u r official visitor, M r. Jam es, gave th e so ciety a very helpful talk . A fter songs and yells th e society ad jo u rn e d u n til A pril 1st. Significance was given E aster S unday at C hem aw a by the o rg an izatio n of a P ro te sta n t ch u rch w ith a m em bership of 260. A m ost im pressive service ac E xcelsior com panied th e o rg an izatio n of th e ch u rch , w hich is I he E xcelsior Society had th e ir reg u lar m eeting on in terd en o m in atio n al and w hich is to be know n as the F rid ay , M arch 25th. E ach m em ber responded w ith P ro testan t C h u rch of C hem aw a. Miss G ertru d e E a k in , P ro te sta n t m issionary w orker q u o tations to th e roll call. A fter a live business from Salem, was th e prim e m over in th e establishm ent session a good program was rendered as follows: Im - of the new ch u rch , w hich is th e resu lt of several years p o .n p tu speech, P resid en t G eorg? B irre tt; society song by m em bers; original sto ry , W ilfred E vans; C or devoted w ork on h er p art. U ntil the arrival of Miss n et solo, F ra n k C orbett; reading, Daniel O rton; E x E akin at Chem aw a th ere w as no real and tru e P ro te st celsior Q u artette, R obert Lee D ow nie, Irv in g S hepard, ant organization here an d necessarily m any of o u r N ick S tepitiu and G eorge Lekanoff; jokes, D allas stu d en ts were w ith o u t relig io u s privileges. T h e es T aylor. Debate: “ Resolved, T h a t the U. S. N avy tab lish m en t of th e ch u rch here is a m ost effective should be reduced in the sam e porportion as the A rm y. ” T h e affirm ative side w as represented by L ogan F a n n testim onial to th e ch aracter of the w ork she has carried and G eorge Lekanoff, w hile C larence A dam s and on in her religious in stru ctio n . F ra n k C orbett upheld th e negative. T h e ju d g es de cided in favor of the affirm ative side. O ur visitor, Rev. B oudinot Seeley of the H om e M ission Com m ittee of the Synod of O regon was present and assist M r. Iliff, gave an in sp irin g talk w hich the society ap preciated. A fter hearing the report from our advisory ed in th e estab lish m en t of our new ch u rch . Rev. m em ber and singing th e society song th e house a d Seeley is a big m an in ch u rch circles and his qualifi jo u rn ed . cations of heart and m ind are m ost ap p aren t in all he does. H e will alw ays have a warm welcome at HIGH SCHOOL NOTES Chem aw a. W alter Iliff, as sophom ore in high school, received T h e chapel was b eautifully decorated for the occa 1 in L atin. sion w ith q u an tities of ferns, O regon grape and lovely E aster lilies. A double q u a rte tte of stu d en ts sang an Elw ood T ow ner is out to win his “ W ” this year in E aster an th em by G ab riel, and Miss Judd sang “ In baseball at W illam ette U niversity. the E n d of the S a b b a th ” by Oley Speaks. G eorge Lekanoff also received good grades at the Salem H ig h , especially in m athem atics. OUR CHAPEL SERVICE U intah K irk has m ade a rem arkable record in her Last Sunday being E aster the m usic for our ev en school work this year. Ju st recently she received 1 in ing chapel service was of a c h a ra c te r fittin g to the algebra and 1 in civics. occasion and was m ost pleasing. T h e o rch estra p lay T h e high school stu d e n ts have ju s t com pleted their ed W oodland C h im es’’ by S m ith , a m ixed se x tette six -w ee k s’ test. It is reported th a t our stu d e n ts sang C hrist A rose” by L ow ry, G eorge B arrett p lay received satisfactory grades. ed as a ’cello solo the “ M editation From T h ais “ by M assenet, and the choir san g “ H e is R isen ” by S im It Ju lia Grom off and E leanor H a u k were the two per. P ains had been tak en to have all of the stu d e n ts E n glish G en iu ses” d u rin g the last six-w eek s’ w ork. particip ate in a few special songs and they acquitted Both were exem pt from the final te st in E nglish. them selves m ost creditably. Rev. Seeley, w ho was a T h a t the In d ian stu d e n t has especialy talen t in th e visitor, on in v itatio n from S u p t. H all, m ade a nice line of public speaking is show n again in the case of talk, choosing as his subject m atter “ A m eric a,” and Paul G . W apato who has won first place in oratory he gave briefly and ably a discourse w hich proved of at W illam ette. H e represented his university at the both value and in te re st to all. A ltogether we enjoyed state oratorical contest at E ugene and received h o nora a most pleasing service . ble m ention.
